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It is that time of the year for most of North America. The time of the year when it takes longer to get layered up than it does to run. The time of year when the actual temperature is replaced by “feels like”. When sidewalks turn into skating rinks. When we remove the pile of […]

Army Ten Miler Weekend 31 December 2010 the MisFits woke up like any other day in Kandahar. Lace em up go out run early ,change go visit the local population while on patrol and guard what was FOB Wilson. One MisFit SGT Michael Beckerman had gone on to his Sapper brothers and was on patrol. […]

I’ve been running a lot more than normal. I guess it has become the new normal as I try to build a trail runner out of this bucket of old triathlete parts. Over the course of a few weeks I’ve figured out some things that maybe are a little more obvious to those who run […]

DEFY THE IMPOSSIBLE – The Ironman Triathlon is a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike, and a 26.2 mile run, which comes to 140.6 miles covered on race day. Finishing this race has been a dream of mine for 7 years. It all started in 2007 where my dad and I were watching “The […]

After college, I spent a year riding and working with horses full-time, which was wonderful for my fitness and horrible for my finances. So, after a year and a depleted savings account, I decided that it was time to put my formal education (Go Duke!) to use and enter the more traditional workforce. Sitting at […]

My whole mountain bike season up until this point has been focused on doing the Leadville Trail 100 race. I put everything into long training rides and getting my body ready for the race I have dreamt about ever since I got into mountain biking. The thought of someday racing the best endurance athletes at […]